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Novartis Position on Medicines for Patients with
Rare Diseases
At Novartis our mission is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend patients’
lives. Using science-based innovation, we strive to deliver better outcomes for patients
and address the evolving healthcare needs of society.

Rare diseases are defined as life-threatening or chronically debilitating conditions that
affect only a small number of patients1. While individually...